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Status of the magnetized indirect drive implosion project on the NIF

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Abstract

Application of a 27 T external magnetic field to a room temperature indirect drive gas-filled capsule implosion on NIF has been shown in experiments to increase the temperature 40% and the yield by 3-times [1]. The results provide confidence for testing the performance improvement of magnetizing a cryo-layered deuterium-tritium implosion. This requires several technological developments including a cryogenic pulser system and the demonstration of an axisymmetric ice layer with a magnetization coil on the hohlraum. We will discuss the status of the pulser technology, ice layer control, and ongoing experiments investigating magnetized HED science relevant to indirect drive implosions on NIF and the Omega laser. These studies include magnetized shock propagation and magnetized laser-plasma interactions including cross-beam energy transport (CBET).

Publication: [1] J. D. Moody et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 195002 (2022).

Presenters

  • John D Moody

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Authors

  • John D Moody

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Hong Sio

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • David J Strozzi

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, LLNL, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Brad B Pollock

    Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawerence Livermore National Laberatory, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Chris A Walsh

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Brandon J Lahmann

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Gareth Hall

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Sergei O Kucheyev

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Bernard Kozioziemski

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Benjamin Bachmann

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Yuan Shi

    University of Colorado Boulder, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, University of Colorado Boulder/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Jeremy Kroll

    Lawrence Livermore National Lab, LLNL

  • Rhyan Reynolds

    Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Suhas D Bhandarkar

    Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Jon Fry

    Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Alexander P Povilus

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Lisle Hagler

    Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Izumi Nobuhiko

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Jay Javedani

    Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Shahab Khan

    Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, LLNL

  • Abbas Nikroo

    Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, LLNL

  • Nicholas L Orsi

    Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Nicholas L Orsi

    Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Ken Piston

    Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Chris Provencher

    Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • James Sater

    Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Ken Skulina

    Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • William Stygar

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Scott E Winters

    Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Jeremy P Chittenden

    Imperial College London

  • Brian Appelbe

    Imperial College London

  • Aidan C Crilly

    Imperial College London

  • Sam T O'Neill

    Imperial College London

  • Jonathan R Davies

    LLE

  • Jonathan L Peebles

    Laboratory for Laser Energetics